{"id":9836,"date":"2024-04-12T11:50:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T16:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kachelman.com\/ukraine\/blog\/?p=9836"},"modified":"2024-04-12T12:43:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T17:43:59","slug":"report-7-2024-spring-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kachelman.com\/ukraine\/blog\/2024\/04\/12\/report-7-2024-spring-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Report #7 | 2024 Spring Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Featured Photo: Once again I have visited the home of Eugene & Lada. They are parents to twenty-one children who have been displaced, orphaned, or abandoned by parents whose location is unknown. It is not uncommon in the war zones for families to get separated and some never find each other again. Eugene & Lada keep a home for the sole purpose of providing a home for these children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In last year\u2019s visit it was stated that the home\u2019s purpose is to train these children to be responsible, to get a job and the be active Believers in god. Once again this was stated. When the children reach the age of adulthood, secure a job and a proper living quarters they move out and more children move into the empty place. Over the year several of older children have succeeded in this process. They have married and are living on the next street. Lada says thus far she has three grandbabies and the fourth is expected in September-October. Can you imagine the number of grandbabies she will have as all of the children progress on schedule? It will be a huge gathering for sure! When asked about this, Lada just smiles and says that will be for God\u2019s glory. I am not sure if I have ever heard a grandparent verbalize their role, legacy and lineage in this way, BUT is it not a wonderful concept and objective? If this family continues on its ambitious purpose they will have a powerful impact! And it is all because the husband\/father and wife\/mother have the singular objective of using their family to glorify God!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this trip I learned that the large house in which they now live, was built by Eugene. They previously lived in a three-room house that is adjacent to the large house. In that three-room house they were caring for seventeen children. Eugene finished the large house and moved the clan into it. The three-room house remains but is now occupied by IDPs from Zaporozhe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below you see a slideshow with some of those living here. You will not see the entire group because of security issues. I have been given permission to show only those below. In the photos you will see us unloading three bags of flour (50-60 lbs each); fifteen bags of groceries (40 lbs each), and one Family Bucket. Thus about 750 lbs of food and supplies were given to this family. Helping us was \u201cVictor.\u201d You have seen his photo previously. At first, he said we were to take ten bags of groceries but Nicholi said, \u201cNo! No! They have 21 children here and they need 15.\u201d So, we took 15 bags. If you would like to review last year\u2019s report on this family, and others that I had visited then, here is the link: https:\/\/www.kachelman.com\/ukraine\/blog\/2023\/04\/20\/trip-report-8-april-19-2023\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n